“I love my neighbors”: Snowmass local celebrates 60th birthday

Longtime Snowmass local Leah Moriarty laughs as dozens of her friends parade by her home on Sunday, May 3, 2020, to help her celebrate her 60th birthday. "This is so crazy! This is so crazy fun!" Moriarty said.Maddie Vincent/Snowmass Sun

Leah Moriarty stands with neighbors who drove by with a homemade happy birthday sign on May 3, 2020.Maddie Vincent/Snowmass Sun

Marion Garrett organizes birthday cards and gifts dropped off for her good friend Leah Moriarty on Sunday, May 3, 2020. Garrett helped organize a surprise, social distance-style parade to help Moriarty celebrate her 60th birthday.Maddie Vincent/Snowmass Sun

Just after 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 3, a long line of cars started down Rodeo Road.

With balloons and signs and gifts, the parade made its way to Leah Moriarty’s house as a 60th birthday surprise, social distance style.

“This is so crazy! This is so crazy fun!” Moriarty shouted as her friends and village neighbors wished her a happy birthday from a safe distance. She and her family watched from their front lawn as the dozens of locals passed by, smiling and laughing the whole time.

Moriarty is a longtime village local and said repeatedly as she greeted everyone, “I love my neighbors.”

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